File 13/8 'American Consular Posts in Persian Gulf and American Penetration'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- File 13/8 'American Consular Posts in Persian Gulf and American Penetration'
- Date:
- 1945/1949
- Description:
- Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to American consular posts in the Persian Gulf. This largely consists of: correspondence between the Political Agent, Kuwait, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; correspondence between the Political Agent, Kuwait, and the British Ambassador, Baghdad; copies of correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the India Office, and between the Political Resident and the Political Agents at Bahrain and Muscat; copies of correspondence between the India Office and the Foreign Office; and copies of correspondence between the Foreign Office and the United States Embassy, London.This correspondence mainly relates to the following subjects:the informal inclusion of Oman (Muscat), Qatar, and the Trucial Coast within the district of the United States Consul at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and the activities of the United States Vice-Consul at Dhahranthe proposed agreement between the United Kingdom and the US for the reciprocal grant of certain financial privileges for officials other than diplomatic and consular personnelthe report of the Political Agent, Kuwait, on the visit to Kuwait from 13 to 16 July 1945 of the US Vice-Consul at Basrah [Basra]the visit to Kuwait of the US Ambassador to Iraq as a guest of the Kuwait Oil Company on 28 March 1947 for two nightsenquiries made by the US Vice-Consul at Basra to the Political Agent, Kuwait, about Farsi Island and the Kuwait Order-in-Council and ‘extra-territoriality’the establishment of an American Consulate at KuwaitAmerican consular ‘infiltration’ into Kuwait and the saluting by gun of American consular officers during the visit of units of the US NavyPhysical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 60; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Consuls
Diplomacy
United States Vice-Consul
Ambassador to Iraq - Geographic region:
- Farsi Island
Muscat - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000168_ar
81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000168_en
IOR/R/15/5/317
IOR/R/15/5/317